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Scientists report lower rate of quakes along some subduction zones
Mumbai :: India | about 7 hours ago
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In a new study, scientists have cited a lower rate of earthquakes along some subduction zones. The study, carried out by scientist Peter Bird and colleagues, tried to find out that as the relative speed of the plates around a fault increases, is there...
Tags: subduction zones, relative plate, earthquake production, plate velocity, India, Mumbai, Environment, Plate tectonics, Seismology, Earthquakes, Earthquake, Transform fault, Earthquake engineering, Disaster Accident, Structural geology, Fault
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake strikes off San Diego coast
San Diego :: CA :: USA | about 16 hours ago
Credibility A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck off the coast near San Diego this afternoon. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the temblor, which the U.S. Geological Survey reported was centered 43 miles west of San Diego. The quake, considered...
Tags: San Diego, Environment, Earthquakes in California, Seismology, Earthquakes, Alum Rock earthquake, Inglewood earthquake, Earthquake engineering, Earthquake, Disaster Accident
New model to predict rough size and location of future quakes
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility A team of scientists has developed a new model that suggests a way to narrow size and location range of future earthquakes. The forecasting model developed by Danijel Schorlemmer, of the USC (University of Southern California) College of Letters, Arts...
Tags: thrust faults, normal faults, slip faults, Danijel Schorlemmer, future quake, India, Mumbai, Environment, Seismology, Earthquakes, Aftershock, Earthquake, Earthquake engineering, Quake, Fault
Teoh haunts Plaza Masalam... literally
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
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Tags: Los Angeles, SMS, FAQ, RSS, Earthquakes, Human rights in Malaysia, Malaysian Chinese, Maid, Politics, Teoh Beng Hock, Content syndication markup language, Flight attendant, Earthquake engineering, War Conflict, Seismology, Shah Alam, Selangor, Earthquake, Entertainment Culture, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission
Quake hits Indian Ocean off Mauritius
Port Louis :: Mauritius | 3 days ago
Credibility A small earthquake hit the Indian Ocean 145 km southeast of the Mauritian island of Rodrigues on Wednesday but Mauritius’s meteorology department said there was no danger of a tsunami. Related Stories “Tremors were felt but until now no damage has been...
Tags: Mauritius, Port Louis, Environment, Earthquakes, Seismology, Earthquake engineering, Earthquake, Disaster Accident
Moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off Vanuatu
Vila :: Vanuatu | 3 days ago
Credibility A moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. Its epicentre was located 102 kilometres northwest of the capital Port-Vila at 06:42 am (0342 GMT), it said...No tsunami...
Tags: magnitude earthquake, Vanuatu, Vila, Environment, Historic tsunamis, Tsunami, Earthquake engineering, Samoa earthquake, Earthquake, American Samoa, Tsunamis, Disaster Accident
Article raises questions
Albuquerque :: NM :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility I have experienced some crazy occurrences that have happened in our little community. We had the gas explosions just a few years ago, and now we have sinkholes developing in a small neighborhood in southeast Hutch. The cause for these sinkholes in New...
Tags: Hutchinson, salt caverns, Albuquerque, Environment, Plate tectonics, Depressions, Sinkhole, Earthquake, Hutchinson Kansas, New Madrid Seismic Zone, Disaster Accident, Geology of Illinois
5 phone apps to track O.C. earthquakes
Orange :: NH :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Southern Californians (well, most of us) are obsessed with earthquakes, an interest well understood by the people who develop apps for the iPhone. There’s now more than a half-dozen quake apps, most which cost 99-cents. They all draw from the U.S.
Tags: Orange, Environment, Seismology, Earthquakes, IPhone, Earthquake, Quake, First-person shooters, Disaster Accident, Seismometer, Linux games
Strong quake shakes Philippines--seismologists
Jakarta :: Indonesia | 6 days ago
Credibility A strong 6.0-magnitude quake hit south of the southern Philippine island of Mindanao early Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage...The Hong Kong Observatory estimated the earthquake at 6.0 on...
Tags: Indonesia, Jakarta, Environment, Disaster Accident, Seismology, Seismology of the Sanriku coast, Seismological history of Japan, Earthquakes, Earthquakes in California, Davao City, Tsunami, Earthquake engineering, Earthquake, Quake
Depravity, Decadence & God’s Punishments
Padang :: Indonesia | 7 days ago
Credibility Punishment for sin, a minister blames disasters on depravity & corruption of Indonesians. Minister for Communications & Information Tifatul Sembiring speaking in Padang, West Sumatra on 27th November to the victims of the recent earthquake in the province...
Tags: Indonesian, Tifatul Sembiring, natural disasters, strong quake, Padang, Raba, geological survey, Indonesia, Disaster Accident, Environment, Aceh, Indian Ocean earthquake, Tsunami, Sumatra earthquakes, Earthquake engineering, Provinces of Indonesia, Earthquake, Prosperous Justice Party, Sumatra, Muslim Brotherhood, Quake, Earthquakes, East Nusa Tenggara, Physical oceanography, Savu, Sumbawa, Alum Rock earthquake, Pornography, Tasikmalaya, Cianjur, Tsunamis
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